Apple to make iPad Mini in Brazil?

The latest in the growing rumors about Apple Inc.'s supposed 7-inch tablet device is that it will be made in Brazil.

It's not clear whether this should be called an iPad Mini or an iPod Touch Maxi, but the Japanese tech site Macotakara cited unnamed sources in a report on Monday that said Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will make the new device at a Foxconn plant in South America.

The report also said that the device will be about as thin as an iPod Touch.

Macotakara said the new device has been tested in China but may be made in Brazil, beginning in September, to take advantage of more favorable tax terms there.